It wasn't enough. He knew Shannon well enough to know that there was the intruder still on his mind and he didn't want that interfering with what they had anymore than what had already happened. One hand reached up into Shannon's hair and grabbed it forcefully, but nowhere near enough to truly cause him pain, and turned his head back towards him.

"And if I want to bind you so that you can't move and cover nearly every inch of your body so that only I can touch you?" Eli moved his own head so that he could brush his lips lightly against Shannon's, teasing him instead of going ahead and just kissing him. Any attempt by Shannon to try kissing him was obviously going to be stopped by the hand in his hair. "What about then?"